Nature Walk/Scavenger Hunt Workshop (mostly Storytelling)

This was the introductory lesson for our "Walk With Mary" rotation in 2021 and was designed specifically with our property, which includes a 0.6 ha urban forest, in mind.  Adaptations will need to be made based on your space.  Notations are made for our junior (age 3 - elementary) and senior (middle and high school) classes.  This worked very well for both groups of students, with a reduced number of scavenger hunt items for the seniors, who prefer the discussion aspects.  The opening/closing prayers were taken from copyrighted materials, and so are not included here.

Here's a photo of one of the blue rocks we created for the Scavenger Hunt. See the attached Word Doc for the complete description.